Collapsible receptacle.



E. VON VARGYAS L .L van Mmmm.

COLLAPSIBLE RBCEPTACLE.

APPLIGANON FILED JULY 24,1921.

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Application tiled July $34, 1911. Serial No. @49,2261

To all may concern:

Be it known that We, (l) EUGENE VON VARGYAS and (2) JOSEPH W. Dammen, (1) a subject of the King of Hungary, and (2) a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the 'county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve-l ments in CollapsibleReceptaeles, of which they following 1s :a specification, reference being had therein to Ithe accompanying ceptacles, and more particularly to that type of receptacle commonly styled a foldable paper drinking cup.

The objects of our invention are to provide a collapsible sanitary drinking cup that will positively .hold a liquid ory other matw ter, and to make the cup -of a single piece of paper, paperoid or other iiexible and water-proof material that can be easily folded andthe edges thereof interlocked to forni nonleakable connections.

Other objects of our invention are to pro# vide a flexible drinking cup that can be repeatedly used, y and to provide a case in which the vflexible drinking cup can be carried and maintained in a sanitary condition.

Further objects of our invention are to provide a drinking cup that can be easily used asan advertisement, gratuitiously dis tributed,rand to accomplish the above results by a cu'p that is inexpensive to manufacture and durable for the purposes for which 1t is vWe attain the above objects by( a mechanical vconstruction that ,will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will new be had to the drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a ease for the drinking cup; Fig. 2 is a plan 'of the blank from which the cup is made; Fig-y. 3 is an elevation of the 'cupg Fig.4 Ll'is an/ enlarged vertical sectional view of a portion of the cup, and 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a prtion of the cup. g The piece of material fromwhich the'cup is made is cut or stamped to 'provide a polygonal shaped body 1, havingthe longisections 2 and 3 adapted to be folded upon the dot and dash lines 4 on to the body 1 to body in forming oppositely disposed Walls oi* the cup. The section -l is eta greater Width than the section and nal edges of said sections are provided with iaps 5 andv 6. The flap is bentoutwardlv and the ila-p 6 is bent inwardly, whereby said flaps can be hooked or interlecked with the flap (i extending under the flap 5, as best shown in Fig. 5. rlhe lower el' the body 1 has a flap 7, and the lower end of the body is adapted to be folded upon the dot and dash lines 8 and 9. lll-ie lower ends el? the sections 2 and 3 have llaps 10 and 11 adapted to be folded upon the dot and dash lines 12. When 'the sections 2 and il are folded upon the body l, the vilaps l0 and 11 are in parallelism with that portion et the body 1 between the dot and dash lines 8 and 9, with the end of a. lisp.,overlapping the end pf iiap 10. The lower ends of the flaps 5 and 6 terminate at the dot and dash lines 12, thereby permitting ot the flap 11 overlapping the end of the flap l0. ifi-.iter

.the flaps 1'0 arid 11 have been folded, the vflap 7 is folded upon 'the dot and .flash lines 9 on to the flaps 10 and 1l, and then the ilaps 10, 11, and 7 are folded upon the dot and dash lines 8 and 12 on to the sections 2 .and 3. Staples '13, stitches, rivets, or other fastening means can be employed for holding fiaps 5 and G in. a closed position, and the flaps 10, 11, and 'l' in a closed position. The staples 13 pass through the 5 and @fand thc ends ofthe staples are preferably "clenched upon the inner side oi' the section 2, While the staples 13, holding the iiaps 7, l0, and 11 pass through the lower end hf the body l and are clenched to irmly hold said flaps.

From the foregoing it will be observed that we have devised a one-'pieee drinking cup, having interlocking edges forming au.

nonleakable receptacle that can he easily collapsed.

'To prevent the receptacle rtroni beingl soiled, water from injuringia garment, aiid to permlt ofthe receptacle .being easily earried Without being injured, we furnish each yreceptacle with a case 14, preferably made of a single piece lof durable material shaped to provide a pocket to receive the recept-zielen `and made from a single blank ol polygonal shape and adapted to be folded on. lines longi'tndin i ti ll Afutili transverse tothe length of the blank, the blank adept ed Ito be folded onto the folded folded portions of' the ble. k constituting one side of the receptacle and the unfolded port-ion the other side, said folded portions adapted to have their longitudinal edges ofthe folded portions in locked engagementfolded over in reverse directions whereby the i tures in the presence of two witnesses.

said folded edges may inter'engage with euch other, said unfolded portionof the'blank being of greater length than the folded portions to form a flap, said tlnp adopted to he folded onto said lfolded side portions, Said flap when folded, togetlier with the lower Aend portions of the folded portions of the f g portions of the blank, inenns for securing 15 sind latter parts 1n folded positlon, :1nd means for securing the interengnged edges ln testimony whereof we :ll'ix our Signu- EUGENE VON VARGYAS. JOSEPH WV. DEIDRICK.

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